About

Will joined Mercia in 2018 as an Investment Manager. As part of our Yorkshire-based equity team, he’s primarily focused on the origination and execution of deals for the Northern Powerhouse Investment Fund, in particular the provision of growth capital to trading SMEs with ambitious and innovative management teams.

Will is also a member of the Mercia O2 Committee – offering the benefits of diverse opinions, ideas and points of view

Previous experience

Will spent more than six years in corporate finance as an M&A specialist with KPMG in Leeds and The McLean Group in Washington DC. Whilst in the US he was typically working with tech-focused, mid-market companies delivering solutions to public sector customers, namely in aerospace, defence and government services, and healthcare. In his last year at KPMG, Will was seconded to NorthInvest, where he developed an angel investor network and support ecosystem for tech startups across the North of England. Prior to his corporate finance career, Will was a researcher at the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS), a bipartisan policy thinktank in Washington DC.

Will.Schaffer@mercia.co.uk